Otto Schneider-Orelli

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Otto Schneider-Orelli (born August 10, 1880 in Münchenbuchsee ; † October 31, 1965 in Wald ZH ) was a Swiss entomologist and oenologist . His research focus was applied entomology. His botanical-mycological author's abbreviation is « Schneid.-Or. ».

Life

Schneider-Orelli was the son of Arni and Elisabeth Schneider-Orelli, nee Stämpfli. After obtaining the teaching certificate at the University of Neuchâtel in 1899, he completed a degree in natural sciences with a botanical focus at the University of Bern from 1900 . In 1905 he received his doctorate with the dissertation Experimental investigations on Swiss willow melampsors under the direction of the mycologist Eduard Fischer . He then worked as an assistant at Hermann Müller-Thurgau at the Federal Research Institute for Fruit, Viticulture and Horticulture (predecessor of Agroscope ) in Wädenswil , where he worked as a full-time entomologist from 1913 onwards, working on plant physiological , mycological and entomological problems. In 1917 he succeeded Max Standfuß as curator of the entomological collections and lecturer at the ETH Zurich and in 1921 adjunct professor . From 1928 to 1950 he was associate professor for entomology and first director of the newly created institute for entomology at the ETH Zurich.

Schneider-Orelli's bibliography contains 110 papers. Of these, 19 papers deal with the single-stringed grape moth , the crossed grape moth and phylloxera , in which he was particularly interested in the racial problem.

Schneider-Orelli was a member of the Entomologia Zurich and the Swiss Entomological Society, where he held the presidency from 1925 to 1927.

In 1906 he married his fellow student Mathilde. From this marriage there were four daughters and one son. His son Fritz Schneider (1911–1985) also became an entomologist.

Dedication names

In 1950 Heinrich Kutter named the parasitic ant species Teulomyrmex schneideri in honor of Otto Schneider-Orelli. In 2015 the genus Teulomyrmex was synonymous with the genus Tetramorium and Kutter's name became a secondary junior homonym, since the name Tetramorium schneideri was given by Carlo Emery in 1898 . Philip S. Ward, Sean G. Brady, Brian L. Fisher and Ted R. Schultz therefore chose the replacement name Tetramorium inquilinum .

Fonts (selection)

  • Entomological publications , 3 volumes, 1909–1915
  • Investigations into the mushroom-growing fruit tree bark beetle Xyleborus dispar and its nutrient mushroom , 1913
  • One-string and crossed grape moth , 1915
  • Phylloxera trials in the canton of Zurich , 1921
  • Phylloxera and our viticulture , 1923
  • (with Hans Leuzinger) Comparative studies on the phylloxera question , 1924
  • Pest booklet for agriculture, garden, house and yard , 1938
  • Entomological internship: Introduction to agricultural and forestry entomology , 1947

literature

  • Robert Wiesmann : Prof. Dr. O. Schneider-Orelli on his 80th birthday on August 10, 1960. Notices from the Swiss Entomological Society = Bulletin de la Société Entomologique Suisse = Journal of the Swiss Entomological Society, Volume 33, pp. 182-184
  • Paul Bovey : Nekrolog: Otto Schneider-Orelli (1880-1965). Quarterly journal of the Natural Research Society in Zurich 110/4, 1965, pp. 516–518

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Philip S. Ward, Sean G. Brady, Brian L. Fisher and Ted R. Schultz: The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology, Volume 40 (1), 2015, pp. 61-81 doi : 10.1111 / syen.12090
personal data
SURNAME Schneider-Orelli, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss entomologist and oenologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Münchenbuchsee
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1965
Place of death Forest ZH